Final UN annex records owners’ choice of rebuilding designs and materials

Sar-e-Pol-Zahab city recorded 25,000 residents in 1980, zero in 1986 and 6,000 in 1990. Its municipality recorded 53,000, zero and 31,000 respectively, showing a reported population return at both...

Gilan-e-Gharb city recorded 9,000 residents in 1980, zero in 1986 and 12,000 in 1990. The larger municipality recorded 24,000, zero and 65,000 respectively. The report distinguishes the two population...

Mehran city recorded 14,500 residents in 1980 and zero in 1986 and 1990. Its municipality recorded 53,000, 29,716 and 32,321 respectively. The annex distinguishes continued municipal habitation from...

Dehloran city recorded 10,500 residents in 1980, zero in 1986 and 3,000 in 1990. Its municipality recorded 61,000, 1,988 and 21,782 respectively. Both series remained well below their reported 1980...

Musiyan municipality recorded 5,000 residents in 1980 and zero in 1986 and 1990. The annex supplies a municipality entry rather than a separate city entry; the zeros describe reported population,...

Iran’s reconstruction policy encouraged and facilitated voluntary assistance from other provinces. The UN annex listed this support among measures intended to involve the population in rebuilding...

Iran’s policy assigned army and Revolutionary Guard resources to infrastructure and government-building construction. The UN annex recorded the policy; it did not provide a complete project list or...

The annex described Ahvaz’s infrastructure serving nearly one million people despite having been designed for just over half a million. Municipal revenues had not risen with population, as many...

Plans for larger cities in formerly occupied areas were prepared in phases so rebuilding could start before final approval of an entire plan. The annex listed cities with plans partly or fully...

Reconstruction plans for Naft Shahr and Sumar had not started, the annex stated. Their return to Iranian control was recent, while mine clearance and other security operations remained incomplete.